Data envelopment analysis to determine by how much hospitals can increase elective inpatient surgical workload for each specialty

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1492-1500

  Dexter, Franklin ^a,c   O'Neill, Liam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Division of Management Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPITAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY; THORAX SURGERY; WORKLOAD;

CRANIOTOMY; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SPECIALISM; SURGERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 6444226017     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000136469.40853.11     Document Type: Article

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